<html> <body> Chris, Good luck! We've also had a difficult time getting hold of him. At 09:03 AM 12/13/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Has anyone been in contact with Willard Martin?  I have been trying to get in touch with him for weeks.  Our two Martin harpsichords need parts and my stock is getting thin. If not Willard, can anyone suggest another supplier for strings and plectra?  I don't mind making my own string replacements but it sure has been convenient to have them pre cut and the hitch pin coil ready to go.  </blockquote> Here's a post I saved from several years ago. I've never checked it out because, so far, I haven't needed to. :-) You might find it useful, though. ================================================================= I get my wire from The Instrument Workshop in Oregon.  Contact Lutz Bungart at workshhop@fortepiano.com I also have this address in a different post: e-mail: fortepiano@fortepiano.com Ask for Lutz Bungart. You may like this page on his website: <a href="http://www.fortepiano.com/wire.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://www.fortepiano.com/wire.htm </a>I have also had very informative discussions with Margaret Hood at HOOD@UWPLATT.EDU Her website is <a href="http://www.fortepianos.pair.com/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.fortepianos.pair.com </a>Blaine Vesely Kent, OH ========================================================== Hope this helps. Avery Todd <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Also, while I'm on a roll, I'm thinking about restringing our french double in the recital hall.  It has been very reliable for the first fifteen years I have been here but this last couple of years it seems to have gone into a slump.  I often get a broken string during tuning now where before it was very rare.  I am also wanting to replace all the pluckers.  I have a faculty member practicing in here daily now and these dudes are breaking all over the place.  At this rate, it will have all new plectra soon anyway... Thanks for your input, Chris Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH  45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell    (740) 590-3842 fax      (740) 593-1429 <a href="http://www.ohiou.edu/music"> http://www.ohiou.edu/music</a> </blockquote></x-html></blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> _______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4017 713-743-3226</body> </html>